Recaps

He Xian and Shi Hao entered the ancient medicinal garden after the legendary White Turtle Carrying an Immortal appeared and drew the younger generation into a fierce hunt. A black-gold divine medicine led them to meet the Longevity Medicine, and they approached an ancient site where beast roars shook the sky.

• The crowd recognized the White Turtle Carrying an Immortal as the legendary Longevity Medicine and rushed toward the ancient medicinal garden.
• He Xian crossed the dangerous turbulent void and reached the floating island, where he found Shi Hao and the Phoenix Nest.
• He Xian told Shi Hao to call him senior brother, and a black-gold divine medicine invited Shi Hao to meet Lord Turtle Immortal beside the Immortal Spring.
• He Xian, Shi Hao, and the God-Striking Stone followed the divine medicine through the island’s strange passages toward an ancient site.
• Beast roars sounded from the ancient site and cracked the sky above it.

He Xian and Shi Hao freed White Turtle Carrying an Immortal from an immortal gold chain in exchange for treasures and entry to the Human Immortal Palace. The turtle led them to the silent palace site and warned them that attempting to enter could be fatal.

• He Xian and Shi Hao approached White Turtle Carrying an Immortal through a dangerous island where sword qi destroyed lesser worlds.
• White Turtle Carrying an Immortal emerged from All-Things Soil and asked for Shi Hao's Great Luo Immortal Sword to cut its chain, offering treasures and a chance to enter the Human Immortal Palace.
• He Xian accepted the offer, took Shi Hao's Great Luo Sword Embryo, and used it to break the chain in the Ageless Spring as the sword absorbed the immortal gold's essence.
• White Turtle Carrying an Immortal was freed and warned that the world and its medicines would eventually wither, then promised to guide the group to the palace.
• The turtle led them through hidden spatial passages to a silent stone forest and warned that the Human Immortal Palace could grant a great opportunity or kill anyone it rejected.

He Xian and Shi Hao entered the Human Immortal Palace and passed its trials, with He Xian reaching the secret chamber first. He Xian began burning his soul with the fire of myriad daos to merge it with his flesh and pursue a second dao fruit, while a vision showed that a Little Immortal King had died attempting a different refinement there.

• He Xian entered the Human Immortal Palace and quickly defeated trials testing combat, flesh, and spirit.
• The White Turtle and God-Striking Stone discussed the deadly trials as Shi Hao entered the palace too.
• He Xian passed the remaining trials and entered the secret chamber, prompting the White Turtle to realize that two challengers had surpassed Little Immortal King-level trials.
• He Xian summoned the fire of myriad daos and began refining his soul into his flesh to pursue two dao fruits.
• He Xian saw a vision of a Little Immortal King who had been refined to death while tempering his flesh in the chamber.

He Xian used repeated resurrections to refine his soul and body in the fire of the myriad Daos, then entered secluded cultivation. As Immortal Ancient’s final opening approached, the Golden Dao Palace and its ancient Gladiator Arena appeared, heralding the contest among the strongest prodigies.

• He Xian repeatedly tempered his soul and body, dying several times before discovering that he had to refine his soul whole rather than divide it.
• He Xian endured a final, devastating attempt, died completely, and revived after experiencing true death, then decided to pause and consider his path.
• He Xian left the stone chamber and Medicine Island, reassured the God-Striking Stone that Shi Hao was fine, and departed alone.
• He Xian entered secluded cultivation in a True Realm and ignored the affairs of Immortal Ancient as a year passed.
• The Golden Dao Palace appeared across Immortal Ancient, and the ancient Gladiator Arena emerged as the contest for supremacy approached.

Immortal Ancient’s ultimate arena fully manifested, drawing the realm’s greatest geniuses to compete. Shi Hao claimed the opening spot and won a thousand consecutive matches before stepping down as the ancient freaks arrived.

• The Exiled Immortal, the Ten Crown King, and Ning Chuan set out for the ultimate arena as other ancient freaks followed.
• The arena grew solid beside the Reception Ancient Hall, and a huge fissure appeared across Immortal Ancient and in the void outside it.
• The arena tournament began, and Shi Hao leaped onto the stage to claim the first spot.
• Shi Hao won a thousand matches in a row, setting an unprecedented record.
• Ning Chuan, the Ten Crown King, and the Exiled Immortal appeared, so Shi Hao stepped down to prepare for the coming battles.

Ten Crown King and Exiled Immortal began a fierce duel on the Supreme Arena while Shi Hao fought Ning Chuan on a second battlefield. He Xian arrived as a spirit body, prompting Exiled Immortal and Ning Chuan to attack him together, and the three began a battle that shook the arena.

• Ten Crown King entered the arena, and Exiled Immortal challenged him after revealing that they had entered Immortal Ancient in the same era.
• Ten Crown King and Exiled Immortal exchanged powerful Ten Fiends treasure techniques as Shi Hao and Ning Chuan began fighting on the same arena.
• He Xian sent a spirit body toward the Supreme Arena from his cave dwelling in a True Realm.
• Exiled Immortal and Ning Chuan recognized He Xian and attacked him, furious that he had killed Ning Chuan's spirit body.
• Exiled Immortal revealed the Heavenly Horned Ant treasure technique, and He Xian fought back against both opponents as the arena's surroundings split apart.

He Xian fought Ning Chuan and the Exiled Immortal before challenging Shi Hao and the Ten Crown King to join the battle. As the four exchanged devastating attacks, a young man with Double Pupils arrived and claimed a place in the fight.

• He Xian overwhelmed Ning Chuan and the Exiled Immortal with his strength, drawing alarm from the spectators.
• He Xian challenged Shi Hao and the Ten Crown King, who attacked him with the Dragon Fist and Kunpeng Fist.
• He Xian clashed with the Ten Crown King and Shi Hao, noticing that both wielded three strands of Immortal Qi.
• Ning Chuan and the Exiled Immortal unleashed their divine abilities while the Ten Crown King’s blood energy sent spectators reeling.
• The Ten Crown King used True Dragon Tail Sweep against Shi Hao, but He Xian caught the dragon tail and shattered its form.
• A valiant young man with Double Pupils arrived and declared that he would join the battle.

Ancient freaks and young kings joined a chaotic battle for the arena as the Immortal Ancient Final Fortune Land drew near. Shi Hao entered through a gateway first, but Exiled Immortal and Ten Crown King followed after it remained open, prompting the crowd to surge after them.

• Zi Yanfei, Chang Gongyan, Lone Cloud Sword, and other powerful contenders arrived as the arena filled with ancient freaks and present-day kings.
• Ten Crown King and He Xian attacked newcomers while sect experts and alliances charged into the melee, and several fighters were blasted from the arena.
• A divine-flame-cloaked man wielded a fragment of the Reincarnation Disk, while Ten Crown King revealed a small tree and Exiled Immortal drew the Heavenly Horned Ant's single horn.
• As a great fissure widened, a gateway selected Shi Hao and transported him toward the Immortal Ancient Final Fortune Land despite Ten Crown King, Exiled Immortal, and Ning Chuan trying to stop him.
• After an outside force broke into Immortal Ancient, Exiled Immortal and then Ten Crown King entered the still-open gateway, and the others rushed after them.

Ning Chuan, Shi Yi, and the other ancient freaks entered the land of fortune as the spatial node connecting Immortal Ancient to the outside world opened. A dozen outside Heavenly Gods crossed over and blocked Shi Hao, the Ten Crown King, and the Exiled Immortal after they returned with a jade coffin and Ancient Scriptures, leaving Shi Hao facing a demand to surrender the coffin.

• Ning Chuan rode the Heavenly Map into the gate of light after the Ten Crown King while Shi Yi and the other ancient freaks unleashed their powers.
• The spatial node connecting the Profound Bright Realm to the outside world opened, and an old man trying to enter Immortal Ancient was torn apart by calamity.
• The sect masters agreed that only a limited number of Heavenly Gods could cross and argued over which factions would receive places.
• Six Heavenly Gods crossed into Immortal Ancient first, learned that Desolate had entered the arena, and hurried there to seize the greatest opportunity.
• Shi Hao, the Ten Crown King, and the Exiled Immortal emerged from the gate carrying a jade coffin and Ancient Scriptures, but six Heavenly Gods blocked their way.
• A Heavenly God demanded that Shi Hao hand over the jade coffin, and Shi Hao challenged his authority.

He Xian emerged from seclusion in Immortal Ancient and killed an Immortal Palace Heavenly God who tried to stop him. As the Heavenly Gods hunted the geniuses for their treasures, the death of the Immortal Palace’s envoy stirred its acting sect master and disturbed its dormant true master.

• Ten Crown King and Exiled Immortal used the World Tree sapling and Heavenly Horned Ant’s horn to break the Heavenly Gods’ seal, allowing the geniuses to escape while He Xian’s spiritual body vanished.
• After a year of cultivation, He Xian reached the peak of Blooming and set out to claim every treasure in Immortal Ancient.
• Twelve Heavenly Gods entered Immortal Ancient, captured ancient kings, seized their Dao Books, and threatened Desolate and his friends to force him to surrender his treasures.
• He Xian confronted the Immortal Palace’s Heavenly God, crushed half his body with a palm, then killed him underfoot as an Underworld Clan Heavenly God fled.
• Outside Immortal Ancient, the death of the Immortal Palace Heavenly God stirred the palace’s dormant true master and enraged its acting sect master.

He Xian continued slaughtering the Heavenly Gods sent into Immortal Ancient as the outside sect masters prepared a stronger second wave. Shi Hao began his God King Tribulation, drawing He Xian and countless spectators to witness his attempt.

• The Immortal Palace’s acting sect master and other powerhouses tried to break through Immortal Ancient’s barrier, but the world’s laws stopped them.
• A survivor reported that Heavenly Gods inside Immortal Ancient were being slaughtered, while He Xian continued killing them as he searched for ancient freaks.
• The sect masters prepared a second group of elite Heavenly Gods and argued over who would claim the person responsible for the killings.
• A terrifying lightning tribulation struck a lesser thousand world, and onlookers realized that someone was attempting the God King Tribulation.
• He Xian and other spectators recognized Shi Hao inside the lightning as he faced the tribulation.

Shi Hao overcame his God King tribulation, used lightning tribulation liquid to win the support of Immortal Ancient’s sect masters, and drove off threats from the Silver-Blooded Demon Tree and He Xian. After Shi Hao cured several sect masters’ curses, the Soul Tribe ancestor warned that cracks in Immortal Ancient could let outside supreme experts enter.

• As Shi Hao’s strength fell during his tribulation, five Heavenly Gods ambushed him, but his fighting strength surged and he killed them before reaching the Immortal Pool.
• Shi Hao drank lightning tribulation liquid, recovered, and completed his God King tribulation at the age of twenty.
• He Xian prepared to challenge Shi Hao for the Great Luo Sword Embryo, but the Silver-Blooded Demon Tree sect master interrupted to demand lightning tribulation liquid.
• Shi Hao offered liquid to tribes that would attack the Silver-Blooded Demon Tree sect master and promised to help cure their curses; the sect masters drove the old man away, and He Xian withdrew.
• Shi Hao gave lightning tribulation liquid to sect masters, including the Eight-Armed Soul Tribe ancestor, and they lifted their curses.
• The Soul Tribe ancestor told Shi Hao that cracks had appeared in Immortal Ancient and that supreme experts from the outside might enter.

Shi Hao gathered support from Immortal Ancient clans after freeing several Heavenly Gods, while He Xian followed a mysterious summons into a dangerous ancient land. There, He Xian found a drop of blood from his future that resonated with him and revealed the image of a peerless man.

• Shi Hao restored two more muddle-minded sect leaders, and clans gathered around him with mixed motives and hopes for lightning tribulation liquid.
• He Xian followed a recurring summons through a barren region filled with void fissures, black astral wind, and deadly flames.
• He Xian reached a Heavenly God Tree but ignored its offer of fruit and continued deeper into the lightning-filled land.
• He Xian crossed a stone arch bridge into a sacred pure land, where he saw all-things soil and a woman reflected within it, but did not disturb her.
• He Xian discovered a drop of blood that he recognized as his own blood from the future.
• The blood erupted with immense power, and He Xian saw the indistinct figure of a man standing proud above all creation.

He Xian received a drop of supreme blood and left the battlefield as the sect leaders breached Immortal Ancient. The geniuses were expelled into a sealed region, where the sect leaders and creatures from the uninhabited region clashed, and Ten Crown King attempted to escape with the World Tree.

• He Xian entered deep enlightenment after supreme blood from the cauldron merged into his brow, then left the deadly place several days later.
• The outside sect leaders breached Immortal Ancient, while visitors from Beyond the Heavens scorned the Three Thousand Provinces’ young cultivators.
• The three thousand Great Dao petals expelled the surviving geniuses from Immortal Ancient, and the sect leaders sealed the area to seize their fortunes.
• Ten Crown King struck down a genius as the undead sea spread, while Exiled Immortal used the Heavenly Horned Ant’s horn to tear open the void.
• Shi Hao guarded the Primordial True Explanation and Sword Embryo as creatures from the uninhabited region appeared and battle erupted.
• The sect leaders’ formations forced the escaped ancient freaks back into the battlefield, and Ten Crown King tried to flee with the World Tree.

The sect masters turned on Shi Hao and Exiled Immortal, but Qi Daolin and the Undying Being intervened. He Xian emerged from Immortal Ancient after breaking through to the fourth realm and confronted the Immortal Palace's second-ranking figure.

• The Emperor Clan rescued Ten Crown King with a stone arch bridge, and the sect masters then demanded that Shi Hao and Exiled Immortal surrender their treasures.
• Several sect masters attacked Shi Hao, but Qi Daolin stopped them, and the Undying Being appeared to defend Desolate.
• The Immortal Palace's second-ranking figure and other sect masters joined the attack, while He Xian emerged from Immortal Ancient amid a sect-master tribulation.
• He Xian broke through nine layers of lightning and overcame the tribulation, reaching the fourth realm of Unity.
• Qi Daolin recognized He Xian as his eldest disciple and asked him to protect Shi Hao, but the Immortal Palace's second-ranking figure attacked He Xian with the Human Immortal Seal.
• He Xian rebuked the Immortal Palace's second-ranking figure and struck at him with a palm.

He Xian beheaded the Immortal Palace's second-in-command and faced the assembled sect masters alongside Qi Daolin and Kunpeng Son. The Willow Deity's golden leaves appeared and killed a blood bat with one strike, leaving the gathered powers shaken as a Five-Colored Peacock called out to the unseen senior.

• He Xian tore off the Immortal Palace's second-in-command's head, drawing the Demon Lord, the Lord of the Heavenly Kingdom, and the Demon Dragon Dao Sect's sect master to the scene.
• Qi Daolin stood beside He Xian and urged Kunpeng Son to unite his two bodies, prompting Kunpeng Son to emerge and face his old enemies.
• He Xian turned to leave, but a Bronze Immortal Palace blocked his way as an ancient Supreme awakened inside and challenged him.
• Golden willow leaves descended, and a blood bat's attack failed to stop one leaf from piercing its brow and killing it.
• The sect masters fell silent as they recognized the Willow Deity's terrifying power, and a Five-Colored Peacock appeared and called out to the senior.

Willow Deity appeared before Shi Hao and the sect leaders, who recognized her as a surviving ancient Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit and threatened to kill her. She fought off the Immortal Palace Supreme and the wielder of the Bell of Wuzhong as He Xian watched, revealing that she had manifested only a branch to protect Shi Hao.

• Willow Deity appeared in the uninhabited region, and Shi Hao cried out excitedly at her return.
• The Bronze Ancient Hall’s awakened master and several sect leaders called for Willow Deity to be killed, while the white turtle urged them to avoid fighting.
• Willow Deity attacked the Immortal Palace Supreme, nearly severing his neck before the Bell of Wuzhong intervened.
• The Bell of Wuzhong revealed its characters meaning “without end” and unleashed its power against Willow Deity, who resisted with the marks of sacrificial worship.
• He Xian observed that Willow Deity had appeared only through a combat incarnation formed from a branch to protect Shi Hao.

Willow Deity overwhelmed the Immortal Palace's old sect leader and the Bell of Wuzhong's master after unleashing her full power. As she prepared to continue the fight, a glowing decree descended through the void.

• The Western Sect's leader explained that the Bell of Wuzhong had belonged to the Immortal of Longevity Wuzhong and came from the previous era.
• The Bell of Wuzhong's master attacked Willow Deity with the bell's power, but she struck back with golden willow branches and sent him reeling.
• The Immortal Palace's old sect leader joined the battle with the Bronze Immortal Palace while the bell's master unleashed the bell's fused characters, “Without end.”
• Willow Deity entered an armored state and battered both opponents with her palms, leaving them badly wounded despite their attempts to fight back.
• The old white tortoise urged Willow Deity to stop, but she wounded the Immortal Palace's sect leader and the ancient bell's master with golden willow-leaf marks.
• As Willow Deity's killing intent rose, a glowing decree drifted down through the void.

Willow Deity accepted a plea from an ancient power and ended the battle, declaring that she would destroy any lineage whose elders harmed Shi Hao. In a mysterious Ancient Land, she warned Shi Hao that joining her war would demand terrible sacrifices, while he remained determined to grow strong enough to fight beside her.

• An ancient decree and a manifested battle-axe pleaded with Willow Deity to spare the defeated factions, and she agreed to end the conflict for now.
• Willow Deity declared Shi Hao her disciple and threatened to destroy any tradition whose elders bullied him.
• Chang Gongyan and Cao Yusheng congratulated Shi Hao, while He Xian prepared to leave before Willow Deity carried him and the others to a mysterious Ancient Land.
• Willow Deity asked Shi Hao whether strength could change the outcome of a war that had defeated even the immortals, and Shi Hao vowed to become powerful enough to overcome every enemy.
• Willow Deity explained that she was searching for the place where the enemies dwelled and warned Shi Hao that its path could leave him alone after everyone he loved had died.

The Willow Deity used her final strength to show Shi Hao and He Xian visions of the future. Shi Hao saw himself alone after the Willow Deity and his companions had died, while He Xian witnessed his homeland destroyed; Qi Daolin asked what would happen next.

• Shi Hao insisted that he would keep moving forward, and the Willow Deity told him to first survive the Border Wasteland.
• The Willow Deity questioned He Xian about his surname and father, then assured him that she would not kill him.
• The Willow Deity summoned Shi Hao and began a method to reveal the future, while He Xian watched and tried to understand it.
• He Xian saw Chi Menghong and the Heavenly Blade attain the Undying state before Shi Hao killed them, while Shi Hao saw a future self crossing the river of time.
• Shi Hao saw the Willow Deity and his friends dead and himself alone, while He Xian saw his homeland and its kings destroyed.
• Qi Daolin and the Undying Being approached, and Qi Daolin asked what would happen in the future.

After the Willow Deity vanished, she urged Shi Hao to forge his own path and hold on to the chance to change the future. He Xian left for the vast uninhabited region, seeking a route out of the Three Thousand Provinces.

• Shi Hao and He Xian described futures marked by death and destruction, and the Willow Deity told them that a slim chance could still change everything.
• Shi Hao vowed to become the variable who would fight for that chance, while the Willow Deity advised him to specialize in a Dao and forge his own path before she crumbled into light.
• He Xian considered attacking the grieving Shi Hao but held back, then promised they would meet again and departed.
• He Xian heard cultivators discussing the Immortal Ancient Ruins, Desolate's performance, and the Willow Deity's display of power against the great sect leaders.
• As people in Green City debated the Nine Heavens and visitors from beyond, He Xian passed through the city and was teleported toward the uninhabited region.

He Xian crossed a perilous uninhabited region, surviving strange creatures and deadly substances before clashing with an armored troop. The chapter left him fighting the troop after killing their leader and their signal summoned reinforcements.

• He Xian encountered a hidden eyeball creature, revealed his Foreign Realm origins, and promised to return and free it.
• He Xian passed through the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest without incident.
• A tattered beast hide unleashed deadly golden needles, and He Xian narrowly avoided being pierced.
• He Xian retreated from hills that proved to be blood-streaming ancient graves moving to devour him.
• After a month, He Xian met an armored troop whose leader attacked him, and the soldiers signaled for reinforcements.
• He Xian killed the leader with sword light, but the surviving soldiers charged him without fear.

He Xian defeated a squad of battle-hardened Heavenly Gods sent to kill him, then crossed the uninhabited region and reached a vast city. He learned that the city was only a transit station on the route out of the Three Thousand Provinces, with more stations ahead.

• He Xian fought the squad led by a veteran sect master and killed their leader despite the man’s powerful halberd and talisman.
• He Xian slaughtered the remaining soldiers and mounts after they continued attacking him, then pressed onward.
• After traveling for several days, He Xian crossed the uninhabited region and spotted a huge city on a plain.
• He Xian saw another squad leave the city but realized they were not targeting him, then entered the city.
• He Xian learned that the city was a transit station and that several similar stations lay farther along the route.

He Xian encountered a pursuing squad that summoned the arrogant Lao Mu through an incomplete blood altar, but the summoned figure was frightened away when he saw He Xian. He Xian then bypassed a deadly Sword Sea and reached another Transit City.

• A squad of Heavenly Gods caught up with He Xian and threatened to stop him from moving through the forbidden zone.
• The squad sacrificed their blood at an altar to summon Lao Mu, whose incomplete manifestation vanished before re-forming as an avatar.
• Lao Mu challenged He Xian, but the sight of him frightened the avatar into dispersing, and the riders let He Xian pass.
• He Xian encountered a vast sea where War Horns sounded and powerful sword attacks rose from the water, forcing him to retreat and travel around it.
• After several days crossing the Sword Sea's perimeter, He Xian reached another Transit City.

He Xian crossed a vast magma sea, evading dangerous creatures and examining the remains in the Emperor Bone Sea. He reached Phoenix Mountain and found True Phoenix City at its summit, leaving him poised to explore it.

• He Xian flew over the magma sea and evaded a cunning crimson fish that escaped into the lava.
• A gigantic skeleton attacked from beneath the sea, and He Xian detoured around it.
• He Xian read a warning about the Emperor Bone Sea and saw the remains of ancient Supremes unleash terrifying power.
• He Xian crossed millions of li of magma and discovered an immense mountain named Phoenix Mountain.
• He Xian climbed to the summit and found an ancient city called True Phoenix City.